Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 119:160
Thy word [is] true [from] the (e) beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments [endureth] for ever.
(e) Since you first promised it, even to the end all your sayings are true.
Thy word [is] true [from] the (e) beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments [endureth] for ever.
(e) Since you first promised it, even to the end all your sayings are true.
Verse Psalms 119:160. _THY WORD_ IS _TRUE_ FROM _THE BEGINNING_] ראש _rosh,_ the _head_ or _beginning_ of thy word, is _true_. Does he refer to the _first word_ in the Book of _Genesis_, בראשית beres...
THY WORD IS TRUE FROM THE BEGINNING - literally, “The head of thy word is truth.” Probably the meaning is, that the “principles” of God’s word were truth, or were based on truth. The main thing - that...
Psalms 119 The Law Written on Their Hearts and the Praise of the Word This is the longest and most perfect Psalm in the whole collection. It is an alphabetical acrostic. It is composed of 22 section...
CXIX. PRAISE OF THE LAW. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. alph...
BEGINNING. Hebrew. _r'osh_. head. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for the whole (including the beginning, and "every one", as in next line). sum and substance, word and words (J...
THY WORD IS TRUE— _The beginning of thy word was truth; and to everlasting shall every judgment of thy righteousness be so._ "God's word, and every article, of his law, was, and ever will be truth, fi...
PSALMS 119 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Jehovah's Will in Relation to Human Character and Conduct, celebrated in Twenty-two Alphabetical Stanzas, and by the aid of Eight Comprehensive Synonyms. ANALYSIS (The...
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. THY WORD IS TRUE (FROM) THE BEGINNING - literally, 'the beginning of thy Word is truth,' in antithes...
The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the s...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....
BEGINNING. — Heb., _head;_ but here, as in Psalms 139:17, it might be rendered _sum._ (Comp. Proverbs 1:7.) The translation _“from_ the beginning,” of the Authorised Version must at all events be aban...
רֹאשׁ ־דְּבָרְךָ֥ אֱמֶ֑ת וּ֝ לְ עֹולָ֗ם כָּל
Psalms 119:1 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie in the un...
THE JOY OF COMMUNION WITH GOD Psalms 119:145 There is great eagerness in the psalmist's prayerfulness. He calls with his whole heart; he awakes before the dawn and continues long after the fall of ni...
Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest signi...
RESH. The same cries of soul are continued through this portion as in the former; and we may, without any forced construction of the words, consider what is here said as peculiarly applicable to the m...
160._The beginning of thy word is truth. _The design of the Prophet it is not difficult to perceive; but the words admit of being understood in two ways. Some interpret the noun _beginning _as denotin...
Psalms 119 is in general the law written in the heart. This gives it an important place in the series of psalms. It is found distinctly connected too with Israel's sorrows in the last days and their p...
THY WORD [IS] TRUE [FROM] THE BEGINNING,.... Every word of promise God made from the beginning of the world, and in any period of time; as to Adam, to Abraham, to the Israelites, or to any other perso...
Thy word [is] true [from] the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments [endureth] for ever. Ver. 160. _Thy word is true from the beginning_] Heb. The beginning of thy word is true; _Primar...
_Many are my persecutors_ David, being a public person, had many enemies. In this he was a type both of Christ and of his church. The enemies, the persecutors of both, are many, implacable and unweari...
Thy Word is true from the beginning, its sum, the whole body of revelation, the Bible, being the truth; AND EVERYONE OF THY RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS ENDURETH FOREVER, His decisions of approval encouraging...
_ Resh._ The Increasing Confidence of the Believer....
THY WORD IS TRUE FROM THE BEGINNING: _ Heb._ The beginning of thy word is true...
89-96 The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the cr...
FROM THE BEGINNING; either from the beginning of the world, or ever since thou hast revealed thy mind by thy word to the sons of men; all thy words have been found to be true and certain, and so they...
Psalms 119:160 entirety H7218 word H1697 truth H571 righteous H6664 judgments H4941 forever H5769 Thy word is true from the beginning - Heb. The beginning of the word i
Psalms 119:160 I. We cannot read the Old Testament without seeing that the whole of it rests on the basis of a history the history contained in what we call the books of Moses. Now, if you turn to the...
Psalms 119:153. _Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law._ As much as if he said, «Lord, I do not forget thee; do not forget me.» Thy grace has kept my memory; let thy g...
Psalms 119:145. _I cried with my whole heart: hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes._ In the time of trouble there is no resort like that of prayer, but it must be intense and earnest. «I cried w...
Psalms 119:145. _I cried with my whole heart; hear me. O LORD: I will keep thy statutes._ It is sweet to look back upon our prayers, if those prayers were uttered with our whole heart, for it is no s...
CONTENTS: The excellency and usefulness of the divine revelation set forth and exhortation to all to make it their meditation and to be governed by it. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Great b...
That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are most...
_Many are my persecutors and mine enemies._ THE TRIALS AND TRAITS OF PIETY I. The trials of piety. They are twofold--objective and subjective. 1. Objective. “Many are my persecutors and enemies.” “...
_Thy word is true from the beginning._ THE BIBLE--GOD’S WORD Civilization, intelligence, morality, and general prosperity unmistakably mark the pathway of the Bible. These are the results that follo...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:1. This psalm celebrates the gift of God’s law as the perfect guide for life. Its theme is echoed in Psalms 19:1 and in such wisdom psa
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril (Psalms 119:9; Psalms 119:23; Psalms 119:46;...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own proper...
Now as we get to Psalms 119:1-176, it is an extremely difficult psalm for exposition, because each section seems to be more or less independent of in itself, and each verse, many times, almost indepen...
2 Timothy 3:16; Ecclesiastes 3:14; Matthew 5:18; Proverbs 30:5;...
The beginning — From the beginning of the world....